, 1887-06-30
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congressman 1CEl heei OF Maine,
Is on his way to Alaska for his sum
mer trip.
Governor Foraker is for Sherman.
If we remember right, Garfield was
for Sherman, but
D. G. Ireland will start a new daily
in Astoria early in August 1t will
be called the Morning Pioneer.
Cardinal Gibbons will visit the
Pacific coast shortly. 1t is said that
he will come by the way of st. Paul
to Portland and return via San Fran
cisco,
The recent earthquake destroyed a
million dollar marble quarry, sixty
miles from Carson City, New, break
ing up the stones into cubes not over
a foot square.
The Supreme Lodge of A. o. L.
w, now in session at Milwaukee, has
adopted new ritual. Louisville, KY,
is chosen for the next place of meet
ing
Los Angeles is still maintaining It's
phenomenal activity in real estate.
For the week ending June 18th, the
transfers aggregated S3,OSS, ,557
against S2,137, Ia for the week pre-
vious. Upon one day, Saturday,
June 18th, the transfers amounted to
S1,055,65S.
George c. Gorham, formerly Sec
retary of the United States senate, in
an interview last week expressed the
opinion that Mr. Blaine went to
Europe in order to leave the shaping
of events entirely to Providence a d
his friends. Mr. Gorham thinks the
republicans can elect the next presi-
dent, but that to do it they should
nominate John Sherman.
OFFICERS ELEcTED.-At the annual
convention of the W. G. L. .. of
Washington Territory, held at Seattle
last week, the following officers were
elected to serve during the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. NJ A. Shaffer,
Old Tacoma; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Z. Mcintosh, Seattle; assistant
recording secretary, Mrs. NJ. r. 2.
johnson, Seattle; treasurer, Mrs. DR..
A. NJ. Weed, Seattle; organizer, Mrs.
Z. NJ Calhoun, La Conner. Miss
Carrie nj. White was elected by &C
clamation delegate to the national
convention of the W. G. I. T., which
meets in Nashville, Tenn. Tie con-
vention also voted to defray the ex-
penses of her journey.
Blaine is in London, enjoying his
fame A cable dispatch to the New
York Sun says: "a curious and
comical fact is that MIR. Blaine, being
known in England almost exclusively
by his expressions of sympathy for
the Irish cause, is looked upon by an
ultra ignorant but very numerous
class as representative of the dyna-
mite form of American sympathy.
A chattering groud of English ladies
in a drawing room of the hotel de-
cided last night that it was dread
full thing to have such a man under
the same roof with one, but that,
after all, it was guarantee that the
dynamiters would spare the hotel if
they should conclude to celebrate the
jubilee with an explosion"
Judge Sharpstein this morning, says
the Walla Walla Journal, received
notice from the interstate commerce
commission that in the case of Milton
Evans VS.. the o. r. & n. Co, AN order
has been issued and served requiring
the 0. r. Il n. to make restitution to
Evans in the amount claimed in the
prayer of his petition, or to show
cause on July 9Th why such restitu-
ton should not be made. Evans
shipped car load of wheat to Port
land, on which he paid Sc per ton.
This charge he set up in his cem-
plant to be unreasonable and unjust,
and asked for return of So ton on
the shipment, and that an order for
ever prohibiting the .. r. & n. from
charging greater sum than 50 ton
on wheat from Walia Walla to Port
land, be issued.
The total number of salaries of
postmasters reviewed and adjusted in
accordance with the provisions OF the
laws of 1883, which adjustments begin
with the next fiscal year in July of
this year, is 1859. Twenty-Five of
the present number of third class
presidential offices will on that day
be relegated to the non-presidentiai
or fourth class offices, and two of the
present fourth-class offices will be
placed in the list of presidential Off
ces of the third-class. Tho t. al
number of presidential offices at the
beginning of the fiscal year will be
2336; their aggregate receipts for the
four quarters ended March 81 last
were $35, ,176,I61, of which sum an
aggregate of S3,SS0,300 will be abb
sorted for tho salaries of their post
master for the next fiscal year. The
increase in the gross receipts of these
offices, as compared with those of the
previous year, was $2,6S4,619. The
total of these receipts amounted to
74S4 per cent. of the total revenue of
the department for the same period.
Seven of the present number of
second class offices will bo raised to
the first-class July 1, and six will be
relsgated to the third class. The
total number of prenidential Offices
established or raised from the fourth
class during the present fiscal year is
lis.